Luckett & Farley is providing architecture and engineering services for the replacement and renovation of the University of Kentucky Softball Complex. The project includes replacement of the existing portable seating sections with new treads and risers from end to end of the dugouts that will provide approximately 400-600 new fixed chair back seats, and a [more...]

Luckett & Farley provided services for this project located in a historic building that was formerly an AT&T headquarters. It is now the new home of Clear Channel’s New York FM operations, a complex consisting of 29 studios. Five stations occupy 120,000 square feet of the second, third and fourth floors. Three of the stations [more...]

Luckett & Farley provided site, structural, architectural, mechanical, plumbing and electrical design services for Aspen Creek Restaurant in Fayetteville, North Carolina, This restaurant was modeled conceptually in 3D and developed for construction documents utilizing Revit building information modeling software. The facility supports approximately 100 diners and a full service kitchen with multiple hoods, cooking, food [more...]

  The computer center serves multiple users throughout the Commonwealth, including the police and the lottery. Recent computer purchases have nearly exhausted the UPS and HVAC infrastructures. Luckett & Farley was commissioned to assess the existing equipment and make recommendations for upgrades to provide redundancy and accommodate future computer purchases. Initial recommendations were: Remove office [more...]

Luckett and Farley provided architectural and engineering services for  the renovation of and addition to the Shawnee Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library.  The project calls for the creation of “an inspiring Community Gathering Place, a building welcoming to all age groups, a flexible and sustainable building,” and “a building that fosters creativity.” The [more...]

The training facility, designed and constructed at the same time as the new football stadium, includes the following features: A 9,600sf Strength Training A 5,500sf Rehab Area 120 Team Lockers 3 Practice Fields Academic Hall for Student Athletes UofL Football Hall of Fame Head Coach’s Office, Recruiting Lounge & Players’ Lounge

A new baseball stadium was designed for the University of Louisville. Sited near the football stadium, also designed by Luckett & Farley, it is a popular facility for the team and fans. Areas of the stadium include: 1,500 seat capacity, expandable to 2,500 seats Artificial turf playing surface including base paths Chair-back seating Concessions areas [more...]

Luckett & Farley provided design services for a new 70,000sf training center that includes classrooms and lab space for instruction programs in industrial systems technology, Programming Logic Computer systems technology (PLC), robotics technology, and machine tool technology. Also included in the facility is a multi-purpose conference center to accommodate 500 persons, and a media/resource center.  [more...]

Luckett & Farley provided master planning and space planning studies for the relocation of Ticona’s headquarters and R&D facilities from New Jersey to Kentucky. Following the master planning, costing and approval phase, Luckett & Farley provided A/E design and construction administration services for the 125,000sf building that was added to an existing manufacturing site. The [more...]

Luckett & Farley provided design services for Louisville Metro’s first green vegetative roof. On the Metro Development 444 South Fifth Street building, this project replaces the existing built up roof on an early 20th century building with an extensive low maintenance green roof utilizing 160 tons of gravel, planting medium, trees and over 10,000 indigenous [more...]

Data Centers are energy hogs. A recent project had computer racks which consumed 35 kw for each rack. When the computer consumes 35 kw of energy, all of it becomes heat (think about it, nothing goes back out on the wires). That’s 10 tons of cooling for a rack about the size of your desk. [more...]

So how do owners guarantee that the design firm they hired provides designs for buildings and building systems that meet the minimum requirements defined by law?  It starts with code compliance. The International Mechanical Code (IMC) has “code” in the title, so it’s obviously a code, correct? Not quite. Unless the IMC has been adopted [more...]

We have a saying here at Luckett & Farley: ‘we deliver at the speed of x-cubed…with quality driving the deliverable.’ The term “Fast-Paced Project” doesn’t raises eye-brows or serve as an excuse for mediocrity…we call this “normal.” As was alluded in a previous post, Luckett & Farley utilizes technology to deliver infrastructure solutions to our clients. [more...]

Have you ever considered making drastic improvements to your facility? I’m talking about the kind of improvements that update facility infrastructure, improve efficiency, and provide greater flexibility in order to grow and adapt to the ever-changing economy of your market. Recently Ford Motor Company’s Louisville Assembly Plant started full production on the new Ford Escape. [more...]

A strange consequence of this disappointing economy we’re experiencing has been the immense activity seen in the Commercial and Industrial markets. The advent of competitive lease rates has forged increased movement from companies finding it wise to either relocate or purchase a building. Like the housing market, the cost of purchasing (even with the improvement [more...]

A quick follow-up on my last blog post with a real life example that happened this week: I am currently working on business occupancy office renovation project for one of our healthcare clients. My mechanical engineers are running load calculations for the required heating and air conditioning load. Two key pieces of information needed for this [more...]